NACOPHORINI , ENNOMINAE , GEOMETRIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 16 May 2005)
(Specimen: courtesy of the
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 16 May 2005)
(Specimen: courtesy of the
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
The adult moth has white forewings with brown patches, and yellow hindwings each with a dark patch. The moths have a wingspan of about 3 cms.
Further reading :
Catherine J. Young,
Characterisation of the Australian Nacophorini and a Phylogeny for the
Geometridae from Molecular and Morphological Data, Ph.D. thesis,
University of Tasmania, 2003.
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